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Scripps Crossing Pedestrian Bridge
La Jolla, CA
Owner UCSD
Designers Dr. Frieder Seible and Taal Safdie
Structural Engineer Burkett & Wong Engineers
Civil Engineer Burkett & Wong Engineers
Construction Cost $500,000
Completion Date 1993
Awards
- 1993 Outstanding Project Award - San Diego International Chapter of the American Concrete Institute
- 1994 Orchid Award - American Institute of America
- 1995 Award of Excellence - Portland Cement Association
Burkett & Wong Engineers was the prime consultant for this 130-foot span, reinforced concrete slab, cable-stayed, pedestrian suspension bridge on UCSD campus. Dr. Frieder Seible, Professor of Structural Engineering at UCSD, was the designer in association with Taal Safdie. The bridge spans La Jolla Shores Drive, from the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Unit II to a point near the Stephen Birch Aquarium and Museum.
